Installation error

[Guest]

Hi,

I have tried to install Vista Beta 2 (x86) on my desktop several times.
Unfortunately none of them successful.

I get error message "An error occurred while preparing Windows Setup to boot
into the next stage of setup".
The error occurs at the last step "Installing Updates".

When restarting the PC following error message can be seen:

Windows Boot Manager
Windows did not start correctly.....
..
..
truncated
..
File: \Wndows\system32\config\system
Status: 0xc000000f
Info: Windows failed to load because the system registry file is missing, or
corrupt.

Any clues what to do?


Thanks!!

 

[Guest]

When running Startup Repair I get following error message.

Boot Manager is missing.
Repair action: File Repair
Result: Failed. Error code 0x3

BTW! I am installing on a SATA drive.

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem. It fails to reboot after the installing updates
step. It seems that this is caused by partitioning the hard disc. I have
WinXp installed on the same hdd as the one where i tried to install Vista on.
Another user of this "forum" wrote that when he cleared any other partition,
the installation succeed without problems. Another fact which could maybe
cause this error is that you may tried to install Vista on a hdd which
actually is not the main/primary hdd (this if you have some other hdds
connected). Sorry, i'm trying to find a way, but i didn't yet. Greets

 

[Guest]

I actually don't know how you can fix Vista installation (I have the same
problem), but I know how you maybe can fix the "Boot Manager is missing"
thing. Try reading this: http://www.tinyempire.com/notes/ntldrismissing.htm.
Sorry can't help more, i do have the same problem :S

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply.

I have tried many different HDD's by now.
Tried reformatting the complete drive. No luck!
All fail but with different error messages.

What I have done is basically disconnect everyhting except one HDD and the
DVD drive.

Running out of options here.

Read in another post that the install does not work on SATA drives (which I
have).
That sounds exceptionally strange but worth a try.

By reading through the posts I also realized that a lot of users have
install problems!
Maybe this Beta was released to early?